Samsung Teases the Galaxy S8, Unpacked Scheduled for March 29

If you are anything like us, you may have been watching Samsung’s MWC press event just to get a possible peek at what the company is planning for the Galaxy S8. Well, the teaser has hit the web, and we now have an official date for when we’ll see the entire thing.

In the below video, Samsung doesn’t exactly show off the Galaxy S8, but it does hint at the front design that we have seen here and there. From what we can gather, the rumors and leaks have been spot on – the Galaxy S8 will feature a massive screen-to-body ratio.

At the end of the video, a March 29 date is set for Galaxy Unpacked. That’s a month away.

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David Banner, MD

I’ve had Galaxy phones since the GS3. But as far as I’m concerned – the screwed the pooch as far as I’m concerned (and I have the GS7 now). The company as a whole has totally lost “it”. There of course was the GS7 Note. The exploding dryers and unreliability we had with new washer/dryer we had (returned several times before BestBuy did a switch out to LG).

Now it’s the latest issue we had with my wife’s S2 that did it for me. We both got one for switching to AT&T. I have a Galaxy and she has an iPhone. She had been using hers with an iPhone 6 (with limited capabilities, sure – she just needed the bp and step count), but it worked. THEN, it was announced it now worked with iPhone. That afternoon I did an online chat with support asking for help because I couldn’t get it to work like my Galaxy. They said iPhones don’t work with Samsung watches. I said they did and that they announced it today (pointing to another site’s article). They said that that wasn’t an official announcement….

So THEN I found on the official Samsung.com News page the official announcement that day and there was a stunned “virtual silence”. They came back on saying they hadn’t been informed of it, but sure enough, I was right. And suggested I call their phone support. So guess what? I did just that, repeated the process – escalated the call to the manager – and still no clue.

THIS is what my favorite tech company had come to. When it comes time for me to upgrade, Samsung isn’t going to be the automatic phone purchase anymore.

Synacks

the G6 looked decent but not outstanding. if they released the G6 in 2016 it would be a competitive phone. I almost want to get one to get off the edge screens but the S8 line looks geared up to smash everything again… until the Pixel 2 releases and hopefully brings an actual phone with decent design (small footprint decent screen) and standard features like wireless charging and IP67 or 68.

Frankiie

Only phone I could buy from Samsung would be a Note. I mean of course next one won’t be a fuck!ng bomb like past one. So, save those comments.

Tony

I hope the new S 8 phones are better than the S 7 variants. If you drop them they are usually toast. A lot of my colleagues have replaced numerous Samsung’s due to broken backs or screens. Most of these even had a screen protector and a case on them. Some are starting to have these red lines as well down the sides. I actually read where there are so many people reporting this problem that Samsung has been asked to Warranty this issue. No answer on that happing yet. Until these S 8 phones earn there way back with great service the hype should go away. All the specs in the world are not any good until they perform.

M3D1T8R

So Samsung is saying that phones with slightly more bezel are no longer phones.

As a consumer, there’s something highly offensive and troll-mode about using a trade show press event to state that you’re going to have another press event a month from now.

Godzilla

Like how we have trailers for trailers now

M3D1T8R

Ads for ads.

Commercial breaks in ads.

ChrisI

it seems so egomaniacal, this self-aggrandizing behavior to just basically troll an industry global trade show to advertise that you’re NOT showcasing your product at the show, but going to do it on your own later on. It’s a blatant slap-in-the-face to MWC promoters.

The Doctor

If you’re one of the richest companies in the world, you can do whatever the hell you want.

michael arazan

Press Event-ception

Armaced

I’d take a release date for the release date for Rick and Morty season 3 right about now…

Bourne, Jason C.

Wow. They’ll announce it then be ready to ship/sell shortly thereafter and the LG G6 will probably go on sale around the same time.
LG, this looks like an uphill fight already. Is the 821 an Achilles Heel already?

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